Clinical Integration

Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), an academic community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville and Boston’s metro-north region, has been engaged in primary care-behavioral health integration for the last 30 years. However, the organization began implementing a formal system of integration based…
The National Collaborative for Improving the Clinical Learning Environment recently released a summary from its October symposium on how to enhance interprofessional learning and practice in hospitals and other clinical learning environments.
Overview Hospitals: The Changing Landscape is Good for Patients & Health Care, March 2012 Report: A Critique of Recent Publications Claiming Provider Market Power, October, 2010 Executive Summary
Case Examples Building Quality into RIte Care: How Rhode Island Is Improving Care for Low-Income Residents Improving Continuity of Care for Chronic Conditions: The Texas Medication Algorithm Project Disease Management: Florida's MediPass Program
Center on An Aging Society Commonwealth Fund Center for Healthcare Strategies: Improving Care for Adults with Chronic Illness and Disabilities Health Affairs, The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have been heralded as a promising model for improving the quality of care and reducing unnecessary costs through coordination and collaboration among providers. The concept envisions a transformation in the way that care is organized and delivered across the…
Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to combine ministries and create a new, nonprofit Catholic health system.
Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) yesterday introduced the Veterans Community Care and Access Act (S. 2184), legislation to transform the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system and better integrate VA services and community care programs.